Chick Corea Quotes
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A constant stream of 'free' money is a perfect way to keep an inefficient or simply bad government in power. As aid flows in, there is nothing more for the government to do - it doesn't need to raise taxes, and as long as it pays the army, it doesn't have to take account of its disgruntled citizens.
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Even a cock crows over his own dunghill.
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Come on... when you're running, if you see you're going to win, you're going to celebrate.
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What makes me happy is having a really nice day out with my mum, or getting better at something I've been working hard at.
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I applaud anyone who wants to take on the load that comes with being President of the United States. You really have to love your country to place yourself in that position.
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I think it's OK to be confident in yourself.
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After five years in Ferrari, being second all the time, I think it was enough for me.
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The iPod completely changed the way people approach music.
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I think there is a poem out there for everyone, to be an entrance into the poetry and a relationship with it.
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As a teenager, I put a lot of pressure on myself, and a lot of that, for me, was about finding a moral high ground. As I've grown up, I've decided to abandon that because it made me judgmental and also stressed me out.
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I think all our characters are an amalgam of people we know in our world and ourselves.
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Well-secured files don't do you much good if you lose them in a fire or hard drive crash.
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When I came back from filming the 'Chandelier' video, everyone was like, 'So what'd you wear? What did the room look like? How many chandeliers were there?' And I was like, 'Well, I wore a blond wig, a nude leotard, the room was dirty, and there was no chandelier.'
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He who frames the question wins the debate.
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I play well with everybody.
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The actresses I most admire are Cameron Diaz and Sofia Vergara. They're amazing comedic actresses and also gorgeous. That's the direction I'd like my career to go in.
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The one regret I have about my own abortions is that they cost money that might otherwise have been spent on something more pleasurable, like taking the kids to movies and theme parks.
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I love the 2000s because everyone started to love haute couture.
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We need to dream big dreams, propose grandiose means if we are to recapture the excitement, the vibrancy, and pride we once had.
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Despite the disreputable company it keeps, bismuth is harmless. In fact, it's medicinal: Doctors prescribe it to soothe ulcers, and it's the 'bis' in hot-pink Pepto-Bismol. Overall, it seems like the most out-of-place element on the periodic table, a gentleman among scoundrels.
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What kind of people would be able to rationalize better than other people? Better storytellers, right? Creative people, right? Because if you're creative, you find more ways to cheat and still yourself a story about why this is okay.
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At the end of the spectrum when you get to that 12th step, when you have that spiritual awakening we make ourselves available to help other people.
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I don't want to sound too spiritual, but when you are true to yourself and follow through with things that connect with you meaningfully, somehow things fall into place.
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Only a spiritual being has awareness.
